Cold case of 40-year-old headless body re-opened as police seek Danish prostitute

British police detectives have opened up a cold case file after the discovery of a headless body of a woman more than 40 years ago. The police believe that the body , found on an isolated heath at Cockley Cley in Norfolk on August 27, 1974, may belong to a Danish sex worker aged between 23 and 35 years of age. The police had investigated the body at the time, however the killer was never found and her identity was never established.

The sex worker, known as “The Duchess”, worked as a sex worker around the docks of Great Yarmouth. DNA results after the body was exhimed several years ago found that the victim had spent time in central Europe, in an area that includes Denmark, whereas her diet was predominantly made of fish and shellfish much like that traditiaonlly eaten by Danes.

People in the region knew her well, but she just mysteriously disappeared one day around 1973-1974. It is uncertain whether the victim was certainly the Duchess however the police would like to be able to eliminate her.

It is believed by police that her murderer will be identified once her body is identified.